Camping it up

....

I really must dust off the tent this year. And then put it away again
nice and clean.

 

It does indeed.

We were so well fed that we ended up having 'boat stew' last night to
use up some of the tins we took down with us.

I'm still trying to work out how I managed to stay sober on my
birthday though.

Ho yuss ... very entertaining it was too.

I pity the grass near his tent though!

My kids liked him lots.

We got much better throughout the week though (1).

Thankfully. The only rows seemed to be between siblings.

Lovely mix of people.

AOL! I'll never look at a BBQ in the same light ... roast pork for
heavens sake.

He's muttering about additional shiny bits ... I think he's winding me
up.

Frankly, I think what the pair of them could achieve with such limited
cooking equipment puts the majority of reasonable cooks to shame. Well
done you two.

She does indeed. Thanks Debs, you helped to keep me sane(ish).

You forgot the 'cabriolet'.

It did and I thank all of you who attended for making it the best
family holiday I've had. It was a great week spent with wonderful
people. Personally there were a couple of low points but the highs
far, far outweighed those.

Dominic is more than happy to have us back next year so watch out for
the 'UKRM Camps it Up 2006' post.

<giggles>


Here's a selection of my photos, with captions for your perusal.

http://www.garagepixies.co.uk/Cornwall2005/


(1) Mong candles work very well though.

--
Elly - a Piskie
ZX9R-E1 - <Giggles>
Spike - FZ400 - It's dead Jim!
MRO#32 ibW#25 BoTAFOT#46 BoTAFOF #46 GP#1 UKRMRM#00 TWA#3
http://www.garagepixies.co.uk
elly at garagepixies dot co dot uk

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Elly amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

Nice photos!

Indeed they do.

 

<snip>

Looks like a good time was had.

I am intrigued by the tent in this pic:

http://www.garagepixies.co.uk/Cornwall2005/photos/photo30.html

It seems to have a chimney.

What's all that about then?

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R (Going)
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)

 

they're rather good. I do like the beech tree picture - very well
framed.

 

Dan L wrote

Itsa yurt innit, don' you know nuffink?

 

That's a Yurt ... the farm has three of them.

http://www.southpenquite.co.uk/yurt.html

Very cosy when it's pissing down outside. The wood burner is
particularly good for drying socks ... they make a quite satisfying
hiss as you lay them on it and then they disintegrate.

--
Elly - a tired Pixie
ZX9R-E1 - <Giggles>
Spike - FZ400 - It's dead Jim!
MRO#32 ibW#25 BoTAFOT#46 BoTAFOF #46 GP#1 UKRMRM#00 TWA#3
http://www.garagepixies.co.uk
elly at garagepixies dot co dot uk

 

Thank you. It was such a beautiful subject so it seemed only right to
spend some time doing it justice.

--
Elly - a tired Pixie
ZX9R-E1 - <Giggles>
Spike - FZ400 - It's dead Jim!
MRO#32 ibW#25 BoTAFOT#46 BoTAFOF #46 GP#1 UKRMRM#00 TWA#3
http://www.garagepixies.co.uk
elly at garagepixies dot co dot uk

 

<AOL>

 

You're welcome.

 

That's a nifty idea, looks very cosy indeed.


--
Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R (Going)
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)

 

Dan L said...

They get a bit smokey when the flue clogs up.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Dan L

There was a sign on the field we were in saying "Reserved for yurts".
For several hours I assumed "yurt" was Cornish for "****".

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39(P) Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Elly

Is that why there's no pictures of me? Lack of time?

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39(P) Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Aaaaw, just looked through the unpublished ones and there aren't any
of you at all. How'd that happen then?

Mind you, could it be possible that you're really a vampire?

--
Elly - a tired Pixie
ZX9R-E1 - <Giggles>
Spike - FZ400 - It's dead Jim!
MRO#32 ibW#25 BoTAFOT#46 BoTAFOF #46 GP#1 UKRMRM#00 TWA#3
http://www.garagepixies.co.uk
elly at garagepixies dot co dot uk

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Elly

<Grins>
<Stops grinning and covers mouth with hand>

Dunno what you mean, missus.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39(P) Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

It's a gigantic portable bong, that Auvache brought with him.

 

Yurts are commonly used by the nomadic folks in Kazakhstan and Kyrgystan.